MADISON, WIS. – Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), a FUJIFILM company, today announced an agreement with Roche to supply CDI’s induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived iCell products to contribute to the identification of novel drug candidates at the early stages of drug discovery. Key Points Under the terms of the supply and license agreement, Roche [...]

Rye Brook, NY – Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, has acquired HYPACK, Inc. a privately-owned company specializing in hydrographic survey software used in ocean, coastal and surface water applications, for approximately $18 million. News of acquisition was shared in the Company’s [...]

ARCADIA, CA –– Heateflex Corporation, a global leader in high-purity industrial heating systems, today introduced a new product, Demeter, designed to streamline the media preparation process in commercial food-testing labs. Demeter automates the traditionally manual, dehydrated media reagent preparation step in a lab for increased testing throughput and accuracy. Additionally, the system records the precise [...]

MIDDLETON, Wisconsin –– Bruker announced the release of theUltima Investigator Multiphoton Microscope for high-performance in vivo imaging. Ultima Investigator utilizes a streamlined design that incorporates many of the innovative features found in Bruker’s industry-leading Ultima IntraVital and In Vitro models. Up to four close-coupled detectors maximize collection efficiency and, when combined with Bruker’s next-generation preamplifier, [...]

Wilmington, DE -- The Pistoia Alliance, a not for profit organization working to improve collaboration in the life sciences industry, has started work on the Chemical Safety Library, a project which will allow for the capture and sharing of previously inaccessible reaction incident information to enhance laboratory safety. The research enterprise inherently will always involve [...]

Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today introduced the CESI 8000 Plus, their next generation CESI-MS platform. This new platform further advances CESI-MS, enabling multiple experiments to be generated from as little as 5 microlitres (?L) of starting material. Combining this capability with the multi-segment injection methodology, one can [...]

Chromatrap, a business unit of Porvair Sciences Ltd, has announced the launch of its own range of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-validated antibodies. Building on the company’s success in the solid-state ChIP market, which underpins modern epigenetic research, the addition of ChIP-validated antibodies further enhances the high performance application solutions that Chromatrap can provide researchers. Chromatrap Product [...]

OTTAWA, CANADA - WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) today announced that the Company's subsidiary, Advanced Microscopy Inc., has entered into a patent license agreement with Leica Microsystems, Inc. The license relates to technology that provides enhanced image processing capabilities. Potential applications relate to the life sciences, material sciences, and semiconductor research. This patent portfolio was acquired through [...]

Udorf, Switzerland - METTLER TOLEDO has announced four additions to its growing portfolio of tunable diode laser (TDL) spectrometers. TDLs offer reliable, low maintenance gas analysis in chemical and petrochemical processes. Being a non-contact measurement technology that requires no moving parts, TDLs can often be more dependable and process tolerant than alternative technologies requiring sample [...]

Berkeley, CA, Sunnyvale, CA – The Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center (www.thepi.org ) and IO Informatics, Inc. (“IOI” – www.io-informatics.com ) formally announced their collaboration that has resulted in the creation of “Parkinson’s Insight™”, an integrated data environment for personalized medicine, clinical informatics research and collaboration. Dr. J. William Langston, MD, founder and CSO of [...]